Share evidence with us on what business models, laws, policies and regulations, and other ideas from beyond the market and state can help journalism survive, transform and thrive If someone — a government, a policy-maker, a funder, an investor, a union, a tech company — asked you what they should do to help journalism survive, transform and thrive in the future, what would you tell them? What evidence would you give them that your idea or policy would…

This is the fourth of four suggestions I made to the Cairncross Review in September 2018. [Here are the first, second and third.] The information ecosystem for citizens in the UK is largely terra incognita In the UK, we do not know what information our citizens want or need, and…

This is the third of four suggestions I made to the Cairncross Review in September 2018. [Here are the first, second and fourth.] A fragmented UK journalism field with patchy infrastructure and support The connective tissue of UK news and information landscape is not strong enough to spark a holistic…

This is the second of four suggestions I made to the Cairncross Review in September 2018. [Here are the first, third and fourth.] Transformation and Innovation Funds, and other field catalysts As others have advocated here, and in similar processes in Australia, Canada, and Wales, there is a manifest need…

This is the first of four suggestions I made to the Cairncross Review in September 2018. [Here are the second, third and fourth.] Charitable status Submissions by other parties, including Rachel Oldroyd/The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, George Brock, William Perrin, Martin Moore/CMPS, KCL, Will Moy/Full Fact, Steven Barnett, and no…

The Cairncross Review — the one set up by DCMS (the UK’s culture/media/sport ministry) to look into how to rescue the local press — closed its call for evidence a few weeks ago. They’ve likely got a few hundred to wade through, after which I think they’ll be published online…